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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
BEFORE DEATH.

How much would care for it. could know
That when 1 am under the grass or snow
The rsTeled garment Of LIES brief day
Folded and quietly laid away,
The spirit let loose from mortal bars,
And somewhere away among the stars
What praise was laT1shed upon me, when,
Whatever might be its stint or store,
It neither could help or harm me more
II, midst OF my toll, they had but thought
TO stretch finger, would have caught
Gladly such AID. to bear me through
Some bitter duty had to do;
And when il was done had but heard
One breath OF applause, one cheering word
One CRY OF "COar0gs," amid the strife,
So weighted for me with death or life
How would it have nerved my soul TO strain
Through the whirl Of the coming surge again
What use for the rope, Il il be not flung
Till the swimmers grasp TO the rock has chung?
What help in comrades bugle blast
When the peril Of Alpine heights is passed!
What need that the stirring pBan roll
When the runner is safe beyond the goalf
What worth is eulogy's blandest breath
When whispered IN ears that are hushed in
Death.
No, No! IL you have but a word OF cheer,
Speal. il UlttIe / an GliUs TO hear!
from hrs. Presf0H's ''COI0niaL BGllads.'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
ODD DECORATIONS,
Cozy Rooms Devoted to the Faucics
Their Eccentric Owners.

Cozy Rooms Devoted to the Faucies OF
Their Eccentric Owners.
The craze for odd interiors is on the
increase, and all sorts of queer decora-
tons are in vogue. Wherever there are
gentlemen of hunting proclivities the
house is certain to contain on c apart.
ment in which the trophies of the chase
or game are used as trimmings. The
hall or vestibule wall is ornamented
with fox-heads suitably mounted and
marked, and dado of brush serves
as novel finish. Often design made
of the crops. stirrups. bit and snatfle,
covers an entire panel. In the hunting
quarter there are paintings Of the best
game, bagged, framed in wings of
snipe. quail, or prairie chicken. and the
hunting-bag may serve dozen pur-
poses, as catch-ail, letter-case, mirror
rack. whisk-holder or the like.
Then there are coy rooms devoted
to fancies. Mr.. Berry Wall started the
cane collection, and there are dozens
of elegant bachelors in this very city
who get infinite delight from cane
snuggery. The floor is laid in hard
wood, rugge d or not, and finished in
cane. About the wood mantcl. lining
the wainscot as the favors do a cotillion
parlor, making right, obtuse and oblique
angles on the wall and filling all the
corners and shelves are canes from ail
parts of the world. Sticks from Lisbon,
Granada and Came with poisoned dag
gers in the hilt; sticks from Versailles,
II ivre and Marseilles with blades that
cot like sarcasm; sticks from Odessa
and Warsaw in which explosives ara
secreted. and hundred other speci-
mems, from the Piccadilly crutch and
tooth picks to the metallic-spiked club
of Zanzibar. One Michigan avenue
bachelor has his private parlor fitted
up with walkiAg-sticks. They appear
in all the light furniture, and are ar
ranged about the wall in brass racks.
making a perfect wainscoting. Over
Zach stick is "a little scroll containing
the name.
japanese and Chinese rooms are com.
mon as boudoirs, but now and then a
home is entered where such things rs
casts. decanters, teapots, Bibles. shoes,
tapestries. engravings or vases encom,
pass all space.
The love of aquatic sports is shown in
hall furniture. where a canoe proppei
on rudders forms the scat and TIE oal:
the mirror frame. the glass being gel
in life-buoy.-ChicGgo Times
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
The Example of Zaccheus.

1t is said that Mr.. Spurgeon is in the
habit of testing the abilities of the
more promising students of his college
by obliging them to go upinto the pull
pit with a sealed Envelope in their
hands containing the text of their ad-
dress. On one of these occasions q
student, on opening the paper, found
this subject set: Apply the story of
Zaccheus to your own personal qualifi-
cations and call" And he delivered
himself in the following way: '.My
brethren. the subject on which have
to address you to-day is comparison
between Zacchens and my own qualifi-
cations. Well, the first thing that we
read of about Zaccheus was that he was
of small stature, and 1 never felt so
small as l do now. In the second
place, we read that he climbed up into
a tree, which is very much my position
now. Thirdly. we read that Zaccheus
made haste to come down. in which 1
joyfully follow his example. - Hatch-
man.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The simplest and the highest running sew
IEg machine on the market Self-settine
needle and sef-threading shuttle. Sold on
payments to silt purchasers, without inter-
est. Organs and machines cleaned and re-
paired on short notice. Charges moderate
and satisfaction guaranteed. Office on Broad.
way. south of Shockey & Snider's.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03

The Duke of Buccleuch is consid-
cred the richest man in Scotland. He
has an income of about $1.5O0, 600 q
year.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-03
MRS. SMITHS WAY.
Why She Thought She Gould
Never be a Missionary.

"A Wise Little Woman's Sorrow for Tier
Neighbors Who Were Daily Killing
Themselves, and who Would
Not Heed Her CounseIs.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

Father of fair one-'sWe close up here at 10 o'clock" Brass headed beau-"That's 8 good idea. It keeps fellows out who don't know enough to get inside earlier. .'-Tid- Bits.
 Little Dick-'sI don't want to do that" Omaha mamma-''But you must" "Why" ''Because say so.' "What's the reason I have to mind you? ain't your husband. ."- Omaha World.
 Temperance" says an esteemed contem- porary "puts coal on the fre." Away with temperance for the next four months, then What we want now iss something that puts ice on it.-Brooklyn Eagle.
 Chicago man (to riend)-'Do you suppose Robinson would lend me $100!" Friend "Well, dunno. Now is good time to ask him for it; he's just got a divorce from his wife. ."-Drake's Travellers Magazine.
 It Failed to -Mamma-stWhat are you doing, Neds' Ned-''You told me that when felt angry with you I must count ten" Mamma -s'Well?" Ned-''Ive counted 737. and Pm just as mad as I was before" '" lid Bits.
 fPeace hath her victims no less renowned than war;" reads headline in the Jackson vile Times Union over report of the Get tysburg speeches. Sometimes the typo really succeeds with paper better than that edi- tor.-Macon Telegraph.
 It has been asked why city is called 8 ''she." The answer seems an easy one. There is always more or less hustle about city. Besides city has outskirts, and a he could not under any circumstances have skirts ot any kind.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
 "Did you tell my wife," inquired the sick man of the lawyer, "that I have made my will and left her everythinga" "Yes!' asked me about how much the property is worth" And so the undertaken lost a job. Puck.
 A Rush of Business--A.-"You say Smythe's new store on the avenue is closed!n B.-"Yes, it is shut up.' "Why, I thought it was doing an immense business" ''That's just what busted it up. It was always so crowded that nobody could get into it. "- Texas Siftings.
 "Who are you, I'd like to knowa" said the man with the soap, corn-remsdy and feather clusters to the woman who was scrubbing the threshold of the door and refused to get out of his way. 'fPm the lady that takes care of this floor, and we don't want any peddlers here." ''Im not peddler," rejoinea the man in an injured tone; "I'm salesgentle- man. Chicago Tribune.
 "Bright Eyes," the eloquent Indian adyo- cate, will lecture this season on the wrongs of the Indians. Good subject; the Indian is full of 'em he seems to be wrong about half the time and the other half he is waiting for the grass to get green so that he may go wrong again. His wrongs keep this peace full and Christian land in such perennial turmoil that we hadly know whether it is because we have the Indian wrongs or the wrong Indians.-Burdette.
 'How is it that you charge me fifty cents for this little pinch of bicarbonate of soda when you gave me three times as much for ten cents yesterday?" Druggist are filling prescription to-day. Suppose we are going to translate Latin for nothing? My | dear sir, you don't seem to appreciate what il costs to obtain a classical education. Hold l onl I've given you oxalic acid. That boys l always shifting them bottles around.-Bos | for, TroncorSyt
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
Our Little Grandchild. Cleansed, Purified and Beautified by
 the Cutfcura Remedies.

It affords me pleasure to give you this report of the of our little grandchild by your CUTICURA REMEDIES When six months old his left hand be- gan to swell and had every appearance Of a large boil. We poulticed it. but all to purpose. About five months after it became running sore. Soon each hand and as his blood became more and more impure it took less time for them to break out. A on the chin, beneath the under lip, which was very offensive His head was one solid scab, discharging great deal. This his condition at twenty two months old when undertook the care more than year old of consumption (scrofula of course). He could walk little, but could not get up if he fell down and could not move when in bed having no use of his hands, I immediately com menced with the Cuticura Remedies, using the Cuticura and Cutcura Soap freely and when he had taken bottle of the Cticura ReSolvent, his head was completely cured and he was improved in every tinued the of the Remedies for a year and a half. One after another healed, a bony matter forming in each of these five deep ones just be- fore healing, which would finally grow loose and were taken out then they would heal rapidly. One of these ugly bone formations I preserved. After ly cured, and is now, at the age of six years, a strong and healthy child. The scars on his hands must always remain; his hands are strong, though we once feared he would never be able to use them All that physicians did for him did him no good All who saw the child before using the Cuticura Reme- cure. If the above facts of any use to you you at liberty to use them. MRS. E. $. DR1GGS,
 May S. 1885. 612 E. Clay St., Bloomington, III.
 The child was really in a worse condition than he appeared to his grandmother who, being with him every day, became accustomed to the disease
 MAGGIE HOPPING.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

and has already received the signatures of 8 lumber of leading business men for S1 ,OOO each: The undersigned agree to pay the sums set opposite their names, respectively, in the manner hereinafter stated, to fund which shall constitute prize or reward to be offered to the inventors of the world for the discovery or invention of the best ap- pliance for utilizing the water power of the Niagara river, and one that will utilize it economically, at or near Buffalo, so that such power may be made practically avail able for various manufacturing purposes throughout the city. None of the subscrip- tions hereto shall be payable unless the ag- gregate sum subscribed shall amount to at least S100,0 ,000, and when that amount is sub scribed a meeting of the subscribers shall be called, at which every subscriber may cast one vote for every $50 he has subscribed. Such meeting shall determine the specific terms and conditions on which the offer of said prize or reward shall be published to the world, and shall determine the manner and time of payment of the subscriptions heretO
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
A Word About Catarrh.

Ut isthe mucous membrane, that wonderful semi fluid envelope surrounding the delicate tissues of the air and food passages. that Catarrh makes it's stronghold Once established, it eats into the very vitals, and renders life but long-drawn breath of misery and disease, dulling the of hearing, trammeling the power of speech, destroy ing the faculty of smell, taintng the breath, and by creeping from a simple cold in the head it as- saults the membranous lining and envelops the ing Inflammation sfoughng and death. Nothing of total eradication will secure health to the hated sufferings, leading to a fatal termination. ternal administration has never failed; even when the disease has made frightful inroads on delicate recoyered and the disease thoroughly driven out
 Each packet contains one bottle of the RADICAL CIJRE one box of CATARRHAL. SOLVENT and an I'M PROVED INHALER, with treatise and directions and is sold by all druggists for $1.0o.
 POTTER DRua AND CHEMICAL Co.,, BOSTON.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
Thursday, July 2l, 1887.
ON TIME.


 Time is not only money in railroad work, but it is safety to human life. There are few places where correct and reliable watches are so necessary as on railroad. Some of the western roads, including the Chicago and Northwestern and the Northern Pacific, have instituted 8 time inspection service which seems well adapted to add to the efficiency, been decided to compel every superinten- dent, train dispatcher, conductor, engineer, fireman and yardmaster to have their watches examined every three months, beginning August 1, for certificate as to quality and condition. Examiners will be located at various points on the lines, so as to be con- venient to employees. No charge is made for examination, unless the employe takes his watch to his own watch repairer, when; upon necessary re examination by the company's s agent, he must pay twenty five cents. Watches are loaned without charge while tests are be ing applied.
 The minimum standard of excellence for watches is to be of grade equal to what is generally known among American movements as the ''fiftsen jewelled, patent regulator, adjusted to heat and cold," and protected from magnetism and electric influences by the anti-magnetic shield. This shield is of pure copper and gold and decarbonized steel, and is placed around the movement and does not increase the bulk of the case. It does not prevent, but simply regulate electrical influences, and has been tested for two or three years by engineers on a number of railroads, and in not a single instance has it failed to protect the watch from magnetic and electric influences, insuring it against all the disturbing causes on railroad. A watch thus shielded ticks along regularly in field of magnetic force strong enough to immedi- ately stop an unprotected watch. The in vention will also enable people to wear watches in safety in the presence of dynamo machines or other magnetic influence which would demoralize an ordinary watch.
 Serious railroad accidents have resulted from unreliable watches. This move of western railroad companies seems worthy of general imitation
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
A GOOD APPETITE

is the key to health Persons who take Dr. R. c. Flowers Liver and Stomach Sanative will enjoy their food and be able to eat heartier meals than ever be- fore, as it enables the system to readily assimilate the food. On ly one dollar bottle.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
COMMUNICATIONS.

Dogs.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER: notice in your issue of yesterday that g
 man was bitten by dog. Numberless dogs roam the streets not even registered, and il one do have muzzle it is around his neck and not in proper place, this method being tc avoid the law. It is high time that the proper authorities suppressed this nuisance.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

Twenty thousand acres of the best timber land in South Carolina have just been sold to northern capitalists at the price of one dollar per acre, and negotiations are going on for the sale at the same price of fifty thousand acres in addition. Cheap enough.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
HOW IT ACHES

A From the bench and the counter, from the 1R loom and sewing machine goes up the A& n cry of pain and weakness. Aching Sides
 Nand Back, Kidney and Uterine ] aims | Strains and Weakness, Coughs, Colds and fwT Chest Pains and every Pain and Ache ol daily toll relieved i'm one minute by the Gu tIcura Anai-Pain Plaster. New, elesan and infallible At druggists 25c.; five for $1. Pot ter Drug andChemical Co.,. Boston. j7 mo tn
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

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Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

One of the leading county papers in South Carolina employs none but negro compost tors, and there is some stir over the matter. But no fault is found because the most wide ly circulated colored organ in the State amnlovs nona hnt white commissions
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
Cutfcura Remedies

Are sold everywhere. Prices: Cuticura, 50 cents Resolvent, S1 Soap, 25 cents- Prepared by Potter Drug and Chemical Co.,, Boston, Mass.
 Send for CHOW to Cure Skin Diseases. VT0LING, Scaly, Pimply and Oily Skir
 S7 beautiied by Cuticura Soap.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

Domestic servants may yet feel obliged to form ''union." Mrs. Parker, of Dundee, Scotland, the founder of the British Women s Temperance association, is going to bring LOGO Scotch women to California to be do- nestle servants
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Some queer things happen in Hartford. One of the Hartford papers says that '*a car horse had to be bled at the north end."
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
COOL WHITE DRESS GOODS
VOL. LV.

Plain white Victoria Lawns in good value from 1211Sc to 25c yard. Also India Lin ems, Mulls, Organdies, &c. good assort- ment of plaid, stripe, checked and corded Lawns, Cambrics and P Ks all at popular prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

The Keely motor does not yet "mote, , but we are assured that it is question of time only before the speed of this now sub- dued power, etheric force, will be tried on the earth, in the air and on the sea, and it's commercial value known to all men, if not the mysteries of it's philosophy. If time were really money the Keely motor managers would be rich.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21

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THE BEST MUSIC

For vacation time at the mountains, the seaside, or in the social circle, Dtson & O. s Music Books are an unfailing source of entertainment. VOCAL.
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 All contain just the songs that make the time pass merry in hotel parlors, boat rides and excur- Sions.
 FOR PIANO. Piano Classics, moderately difficult and very
 tasteful piano pieces, $1.
 For Summer Reading, there is nothing more de- lightfully fresh and fascinating than
 New Life of MenCelssohn, $1.50.
 The Letters of Mozart C vols, each $t25).
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 Beethoven's Letters, $150
 Beethoven's Biographical Romance, $1.50
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 These with the various lives of the great tone masters, are most valuable well interesting & and should be in every public library.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-21
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